Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Life awakens

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

This morning the rain was holding off so out the door I went
again to Alice Lake Provincial Park. I left my good camera at home
because the forecast says heavy rain... Well I was at the gates to the
park just after they were opened - I had the park all to my self I do
believe as I had the only car in the parking lot. Yes I was there to
find a cache and to do some walking to get my 10,000 steps in before the
rains did fall. I found my cache more or less quickly and continue to
walk around the lake. I had a large choir of birds singing in the trees
on one side of me and Golden Eye ducks splashing in the water on the
other. I wished I had my good camera - several other song birds were
close enough and sitting still long enough for a good picture - but NO I
did not bring it with me. Among the bird song I heard the chirping of
an angry squirrel and then later at two different times squirrels were
scrounging just a few feet in front of me.
I must return there one more time to find one more cache and I hope it
will be a clear - sunny day so I can bring the better camera and just
maybe take some good pictures of the wildlife and plant life that is
waking up as spring approaches.